11 ½ days If you give a dollar every second
31.7 years to reach a billion
32,000 years to reach a trillion
Open to Interpretation
Facts….on Picaso Picture---
Large Arms
Head Split in Half
Now Interpret this information?
We know facts in History ….but we need to Interpret
The world is dynamic—there are many misconceptions by using Statistics.
Students are Self Centered—Teenagers by nature are majorly concerned about their social status. They really do not have global statistics that they will need in the future.
The Big Picture is where we need to look at in Social Studies
World (UUord.com)
You can view the population.
You can also view oil consumption. (7 means move decimal over 7 places)
Exports—Will show comparisons
Over 10,000 categories
Gapminder.org
X Axis—Children per Woman
Y Axis—Life Expectancies
Circles are countries—Bigger the circles the bigger the countries
The giant Red Dot is China
The light blue dot is India
How have things change from 1950’s until now
If you play this now….you can see how things have changed over the years.
Highlight the countries you just want to look at…For example, China and United States. If you track it you will see that we are consuming about 3 times the amount of oil than China. (China is about ¾ larger than we are…Interesting discussion!)
Income and Life Expectancy…..View and Interpret
The more money you have the longer you are going to live.
Show.mappingworlds.com
Show Population---Map changes….You can put mouse over country and see actual number
Patrick Galuska
pgaluska@wssd.k12.pa.us
CFF Coach
West Shore School District
11 ½ days If you give a dollar every second
31.7 years to reach a billion
32,000 years to reach a trillion
Open to Interpretation
Facts….on Picaso Picture---
Large Arms
Head Split in Half
Now Interpret this information?
We know facts in History ….but we need to Interpret
The world is dynamic—there are many misconceptions by using Statistics.
Students are Self Centered—Teenagers by nature are majorly concerned about their social status. They really do not have global statistics that they will need in the future.
The Big Picture is where we need to look at in Social Studies
World (UUord.com)
You can view the population.
You can also view oil consumption. (7 means move decimal over 7 places)
Exports—Will show comparisons
Over 10,000 categories
Gapminder.org
X Axis—Children per Woman
Y Axis—Life Expectancies
Circles are countries—Bigger the circles the bigger the countries
The giant Red Dot is China
The light blue dot is India
How have things change from 1950’s until now
If you play this now….you can see how things have changed over the years.
Highlight the countries you just want to look at…For example, China and United States. If you track it you will see that we are consuming about 3 times the amount of oil than China. (China is about ¾ larger than we are…Interesting discussion!)
Income and Life Expectancy…..View and Interpret
The more money you have the longer you are going to live.
Show.mappingworlds.com
Show Population---Map changes….You can put mouse over country and see actual number
Show United States
Show Democrats in Congress
Wordle—http://www.wordle.net
www.capitolwords.com
Tells you what words congress used the most in the last month
Darker States have the most outspoken congressmen
You can also look at specific days
You can also search for a specific word—It will show who is talking about immigration the most.
Google
If you were studying the revolution war—If you type in revolution war you are getting just stuff from US.
How about getting British Perspective on Revolution War.
Go to advanced Search
Type in Revolutionary War
Select UK
Now you will get research from Great Britain